It was 1968, long before you could hear the crack of the bat thousands of miles away on satellite radio or catch a Major League Baseball game on your computer.
In a year when the state's sports teams blew leads, lost close games and, for the most part, suffered disappointing seasons, it would be easy to declare the past 12 months a disaster and quickly move on.
New York - Yankees manager Joe Girardi went to his bench, the umpires went to the videotape and theIndians left the Bronx with a 7-3 loss Sunday to New York.
Jorge Posada lost track of his high-arcing drive to right and was counting on the wind in new Yankee Stadium to help push yet another ball into the stands.
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